The Curse

The Curse Lyrics

Song The Curse
Artist Josh Ritter
Album Live at the Iveagh Gardens
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[00:16.98] He opens his eyes
[00:18.60] Falls in love at first sight
[00:20.60] With the girl in the doorway
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[00:24.98] What beautiful lines
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[00:26.91] Heart full of life
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[00:28.54] After thousands of years
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[00:30.54] what a face to wake up to
[00:32.67] He holds back a sigh
[00:34.35] As she touches his arm
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[00:36.48] She dusts off the bed where til now he's been sleeping
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[00:40.54] Under mires of stone
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[00:42.42] The dry fig of his heart
[00:44.24] Under scarab and bone
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[00:46.31] Starts back to its beating
[00:48.31] She carries him home
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[00:58.81] In a beautiful boat
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[01:00.93] He watches the sea from a porthole in stowage
[01:04.68] He can hear all she says
[01:06.57] As she sits by his bed
[01:08.32] And one day his lips answered her
[01:10.69] In her own language
[01:12.32] The days quickly pass
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[01:14.26] He loves making her laugh
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[01:16.32] The first time he moves it's her hair that he touches
[01:20.07] She asks "Are you cursed?"
[01:21.44] He says "I think that I'm cured."
[01:24.01] Then he talks of the Nile and the girls in ?bull rushes?
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[01:44.70] In New York he is laid
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[01:46.63] In a glass covered case
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[01:48.63] He pretends he is dead
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[01:50.51] People crowd round to see him
[01:52.45] But at night she comes round
[01:54.14] And the two wander down the halls of the tomb
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[01:58.26] That she calls a museum
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[02:00.32] But he stops to rest
[02:01.95] Then less and less
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[02:03.95] Then it's her that looks tired
[02:05.95] Staying up asking questions
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[02:07.76] He learns how to read
[02:09.76] From the papers that she is writing about him
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[02:13.83] Then he makes corrections
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[02:15.64] It's his face on her book
[02:17.70] More come to look
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[02:19.89] Families from Iowa
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[02:21.76] Upper West-Siders
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[02:23.89] Then one day it's too much
[02:25.83] He decides to get up
[02:27.58] Then as chaos ensues he walks outside to find her
[02:31.45] She is using a cane
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[02:34.01] And her face looks too pale
[02:35.95] But she's happy to see him
[02:37.77] As they walk he supports her
[02:39.52] She asks "Are you cursed?"
[02:41.58] But his answer is obscured
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[02:43.64] In a sandstorm of flashbulbs
[02:45.64] Rowdy reporters
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[03:21.08] Such reanimation
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[03:22.90] The two tour the nation
[03:24.77] He gets out of limos
[03:26.59] Meets other women
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[03:28.77] He speaks of her fondly
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[03:30.52] Their nights in the museum
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[03:32.34] She's just one more rag now he's dragging behind him
[03:36.65] She stops going out
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[03:38.27] She just lies there in bed
[03:40.27] In hotels in whatever towns they are speaking
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[03:44.40] Then her face starts to set
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[03:46.59] And her hands start to fold
[03:48.27] Then one day the dry fig of her heart stops its beating
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[04:10.51] Long ago on the ship
[04:12.39] She asked why pyramids
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[04:14.70] He said "Think of them as an immense invitation."
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[04:18.70] She asks "Are you cursed?"
[04:20.14] He says "I think that I'm cured."
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[04:22.89] Then he kissed her and hoped
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[04:25.08] That she'd forget that question
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